A collection of haunted stories that unsettle like the melting permafrost of the title.
Tag: Short stories
Review: Born Into This by Adam Thompson
Born Into This is an effective demand to be heard.
Review: Collisions (edited by Leah Jing McIntosh, Cher Tan, Adalya Nash Hussein and Hassan Abul)
Collisions aims to “shift the Australian imaginary”.
Review: A Couple Of Things Before The End by Sean O’Beirne
These stories are about traditional Aussie men, all at sea in their emotions.
Review: Shirl by Wayne Marshall
A whimsical, absurd and transgressive collection of stories about Australian masculinity.
Review: Here Until August by Josephine Rowe
Here Until August is an intriguing collection of 10 short stories. They often feel haunted and uncanny.
Review: The House of Youssef by Yumna Kassab
I can’t say I enjoyed this book very much – it’s full of domestic tragedy – but I was impressed by its intensely claustrophobic mood.
Review: Runaway by Alice Munro
Alice Munro is often said to be the modern master of short stories. I can see why.
Review: Australia Day by Melanie Cheng
Australia Day is a revealing and uncomfortable diagnosis of Australia’s multicultural insecurities.